Photochrome Camera Club

We will head for a most unusual San Francisco museum to photograph items that include predecessors of today’s video games. The museum is filled with coin operated orchestrations, pianos, antique slot machines, animations and more. There are over 300 machines in this collection dating back to the early 1900′s. Don’t forget to check out ‘Laffing Sal’, the 1910 piano made by Auto Electric Piano Co. and of course the ‘Carnaval’. An image amongst these fascinating ‘toys’ is waiting to be captured.

Mr. Dan Zelinsky may be there moving about on his roller skates. He told me he will be free to answer any questions you may have regarding his Musee Mecanique. Weather permitting; feel free to roam the wharf in search of other photographic possibilities. Maybe there is something you saw on a previous visit to the wharf you could now photograph. What about the ‘bushman’ as he startles tourists or mimes who attract curious people. Then of course there are the Dungeness crab sidewalk vendors near No. 9 Fisherman’s Grotto or the USS Pampanito submarine. The list goes on and on. Admission to the museum is free. No tripods in the museum, but feel freely to use them everywhere else. Best way to reach the wharf is of course by public transportation. See you there.